Christian steiner



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U. STEINER.

MACHINE TAP AND DRILL.

No. 410,614. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

. whichtool, or the tap,

Ni'rn STATES CHRISTIAN STEINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE TAP AND DRILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of letters Patent No. 410,614, datedBeptember 10, 1889.

Application flied Karol: 9, 1889. No. 302,696- (No model-l To all whomit may concern:

. Beit known that I, CHRISTIAN STEINER, a citizen of Switzerland, atpresent residing in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented and made certain Improvements in Machine Taps and Drills; and Ihereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the drawings formingpart of the same.

My invention has for its object the combining in one tool both atwist-drill for forming the hole and a threaded tap for cutting a threadin the hole when drilled, so that the drilling of the hole and thethreading of the same may be done by the same tool without removing thetool until the continuous operation is completed.

I am aware that drills combined in one tool previous to my invention fordrilling gas and water pipes, in which the drill was formed upon the endof a tap and had no shank or blank space on the drill for the purpose ofguiding and holding the drill solidly in the hole independent of thecutting-edges. 4

My invention consists in forming the tapthreads upon the shank of atwist-drill,which has spiral grooves in its sides for carving off thechips, and is provided with parallel sides above the cutting point orend of the drill to guide and hold the drill steady while boring, and inbeginning the threads on the upper portion of the edges of these spiralgrooves, where the taper part of the tap .begins, and in forming the tapproper above these grooves.

In order that persons skilled in the art may understand, construct, anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe it, referring to thedrawings forming a part of this schedule, in

and taps have been Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 a sectional viewon line a: y of Fig. 1.

A is the threaded portion of my combined the upper portion of whichpresents tapteeth cut by grooves made substantially in line with thecenter line of the drill and tap, while the lower portion of the teethof the thread, as seen at a, are formed upon the sides of the spiralgrooves of the tap, which begins to increase in size at this point.

B is the cutting end of the drill, and C is the straight portion of thedrill for guiding and steadying it while drilling and before the tapbegins to do its work. I

D are the spiral grooves folclearance.

E are the tap-teeth, Fig.2.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The point of the dri l ispressed against the material to be drilled and the drill is revolved byhand or by machinery. The cutthe tool is reversed in motion and drawnout preparatory to another operation.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis 1. The combination, substantially as hereinbcfore set forth, of atwist-drill provided, as described, with a tapping device above and inconnection with the spiral portion of said drill, and parallel sideslocated between the tapercutting-edges and the tapping-teeth, allarranged and operating substantially as set forth.

2. In atwist-drill, the combination of a tap having aportion of itsthreads upon the spiral grooved portion of the drill.

CHRISTIAN STEINER.

